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Here are a couple of Halloween Old Time Radio Shows for your listening enjoyment. ABC Mystery Time: Death By Proxy Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater: The Caller On Line One The Creaking Door: Like Blood Sisters
Monthly Archives: October 2016
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Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of “true crime stories”. This show introduces itself succinctly: “A series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, is Mr. Thomas Hyland — connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and […]
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In 1945, Dick Powell portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the movie “Murder My Sweet” based on Raymond Chandler’s novel “Farewell My Lovely”. This was a radical departure in character for Mr. Powell from a Hollywood song and dance man to a hard-boiled detective. On June 11,1945, the Lux Radio Theater brought “Murder My Sweet” to radio, […]
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Fulton Lewis, Jr. (April 30, 1903 in Washington D.C. – August 20, 1966 in Washington D. C.) was a prominent conservative American radio broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. Lewis was born into influential circles in the nation’s capital. He remained close to the circles of power all his life (President Herbert Hoover and his wife attended […]
Born: September 17, 1890, New York City, New York, USA Died: March 30, 1972, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Gabriel Heatter (September 17, 1890, New York City – March 30, 1972, Miami, Florida) was an American radio commentator whose World War II-era sign-on (“There’s good news tonight”) became both his catchphrase and his caricature. He […]
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Berry Kroeger (October 16, 1912 – January 4, 1991) was an American film, television and stage actor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Kroeger got his acting start on radio as an announcer on Suspense and as an actor, playing for a time The Falcon in the radio series Kroeger was a regular as Sam Williams […]
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Backstage Wife is an American soap opera radio program that details the travails of Mary Noble, a girl from a small town in Iowa who came to New York seeking her future. Vivian Fridell had the title role from 1935 until the early 1940s. It was then taken over by Claire Niesen, who played Mary […]
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Four Star Playhouse was a radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. The 30-minute program was broadcast on NBC beginning in July 1949 and was sustaining. It lasted only three months. Four Star Playhouse was one of “at least 10” new programs developed for that summer by NBC’s [West] Coast programming department. A story in the […]
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Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954). Clients came to Valentine’s office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Personal notice: Danger’s my stock in […]
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Boston Blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. As originally created by author Jack Boyle, he was a safecracker — a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective Boston Blackie […]